Category Personal

The perfect hike, for me, is a loop. That way you don’t have to turn around and retrace your steps. You’re seeing new things the whole time. It’s sunny, but not hot. There’s no one else on the trail. You…

[Image] On the morning I moved to Sonoma County, there was a single hot air balloon floating over a vineyard just off the highway. I knew this was the place for me to live. I’ve never been up in one…

On a recent walk, I took a picture of this woman watching a 2-year-old have a fit in an outdoor restaurant. The kid wanted to look at a boat in the Petaluma river, his parents wanted him to eat his…

On Saturday, we took Gideon on his first hike. He slept through much of it.

I like list blog entries. Here is a list: * January is the best time to go wine tasting. The wineries are empty and the bored winery employees give you special treatment. * I bought this fox print by Carson…

My friend Laura made this. I like it. 2012 was one of the best years of my life. A lot of that has to do with having Gideon, of course. But so many big things happened that any one of…

Check it out! Gideon is in the current issue of Make Magazine. He’s holding a rolling hedgehog toy that Kyle made for him through our Printrbot. That is to say, Kyle printed the toy out in plastic. Here’s a bigger…

If you haven’t heard, our son, Gideon Aaron Rankin, was born May 22, 2012 at 3:13 p.m. He’s healthy and cute. We like him.

This is insane. What country are we living in?

My chickens are a year old! Rosie, the Rhode Island Red: Penny, the Lace Wyandotte: Olivia, the Columbian Plymouth Rock: They produce 2-3 eggs a day, fertilize my garden, and eat my weeds (as well as my fruits and vegetables…

[Note: On the way to Washington DC to attend a conference, I received the TSA pat down. I wrote this right after it happened:] I am currently at San Francisco International Airport, otherwise known as SFO. I’m traveling with my…

I was so excited to go to Barcelona, but ended up thinking it was overrated. It’s touristy, expensive, and the people are kind of mean and grumpy, and yet the city doesn’t have the great museums or sites that make…